BILL NUMBER: AB 2262AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 28, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Bass and Block FEBRUARY 18, 2010 An act to add Section 3001.1 to the Penal Code, relating to inmates. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2262, as amended, Bass. Inmates: identification cards. Existing law provides that after inmates are released from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, they are generally placed on parole, as specified.This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a pilot program at Folsom State Prison, the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility, the California Institution for Women, and the Preston Youth Correctional Facility, for the purpose of providing each inmate at those facilities, prior to his or her release, a valid California identification card, as defined, issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in collaboration with the DMV, to allow the DMV to make biannual visits to the department's facilities to provide state-issued identification cards to inmates upon their release and to inmates who are eligible to be released or released on parole within 6 months.This bill would specify the department's duties in providing and obtaining the information necessary for eligible inmates to obtain identification cards.This bill would make its provisions operative on January 1, 2012.This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide each inmate, prior to his or her release, with the inmate's Department of Motor Vehicles-issued identification card number or driver's license number, if the inmate has an identification card number or driver's license number, and if the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation possesses it. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 3001.1 is added to the Penal Code, to read:3001.1. (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall establish a pilot program at Folsom State Prison, the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility, the California Institution for Women, and the Preston Youth Correctional Facility, for the purpose of providing each inmate at those facilities, prior to his or her release, with a valid California identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles.(b) The department, in collaboration with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), shall allow the DMV to make biannual visits to the department's facilities at the prisons specified in subdivision (a) for the purpose of providing state-issued identification cards to inmates upon their release and to inmates who are eligible to be released or released on parole within six months.(c) The department shall verify inmate eligibility for the identification card by obtaining the inmate's birth date and legal presence information through the inmate's file.(d) Identification cards shall be issued pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13005 of the Vehicle Code.(e) All identification cards will be subject to Section 13004 of the Vehicle Code.(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2012.3001.1. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall provide each inmate, prior to his or her release, with the inmate's California identification card number or California driver's license number issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles if all of the following apply: (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles has issued that inmate a California identification card number or California driver's license number. (b) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation possesses the inmate's California identification card number or California driver' s license number.